Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 80
Cover Image
Does self-employment increase the economic well-being of low-skilled workers?
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2009
Low-skilled workers do not fare well in today's skill intensive economy and their opportunities continue to diminish. Given that individuals in this challenging skill segment of the workforce are more likely to have poor experiences in the labor market, and hence incur greater public expenses,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269421
Cover Image
Transitions to entrepreneurship and industry-specific barriers
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy; Parker, Simon C. - 2011
enter entrepreneurship, we find that the conventional practice of conflating different industry types in empirical analyses … of transitions to entrepreneurship generates misleading findings about the determinants of entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282246
Cover Image
Is it equally difficult for female entrepreneurs to start businesses in all countries?
Kolvereid, Lars; Shane, Scott Andrew; Westhead, Paul - In: Women and entrepreneurship : contemporary classics, (pp. 563-572). 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003290456
Cover Image
Transitions to Entrepreneurship and Industry-Specific Barriers
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2011
enter entrepreneurship, we find that the conventional practice of conflating different industry types in empirical analyses … of transitions to entrepreneurship generates misleading findings about the determinants of entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118276
Cover Image
Economic development through entrepreneurship : government, university and business linkages
Shane, Scott Andrew - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013550821
Cover Image
Economic development through entrepreneurship : government, university and business linkages
Shane, Scott Andrew (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004892120
Cover Image
Economic development through entrepreneurship : government, university and business linkages
Shane, Scott Andrew (contributor) - 2005
entrepreneurship. This book fills that gap, focusing on policy aspects of government-university partnerships with a discussion both of …1. An historical perspective on government-university partnerships to enhance entrepreneurship and economic development … -- 2. Government policies to encourage economic development through entrepreneurship : the case of technology transfer -- 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851173
Cover Image
Immigrants and entrepreneurship : business ownership is higher among immigrants, but promoting self-employment is unlikely to improve outcomes for less skilled immigrants
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2014
successful than focusing on entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420344
Cover Image
Immigrants and entrepreneurship : business ownership is higher among immigrants, but promoting self-employment is unlikely to improve outcomes for less skilled
Lofstrom, Magnus; Wang, Chunbei - 2019
successful than focusing on entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012017628
Cover Image
Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index : a new employment series for the US, Canada, and the UK
Akcigit, Ufuk; Chhina, Raman; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
Small and young businesses are essential for job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Even most of the superstar firms start their business life small and then grow over time. Small firms have less internal resources, which makes them more fragile and sensitive to macroeconomic conditions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014281853